With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final.[1] He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64 campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia.[2]
He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion.[3]
Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton.[4]
knud, aage, nielsen, born, 1937, retired, male, badminton, player, from, denmark, imre, rietveld, getting, married, april, 1967personal, informationcountrydenmarkborn, 1937, march, 1937, medal, record, badmintonrepresenting, denmarkthomas, cup1964, tokyo, team. Knud Aage Nielsen born 1937 is a retired male badminton player from Denmark Knud Aage NielsenImre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967Personal informationCountryDenmarkBorn 1937 03 01 1 March 1937 age 87 Medal record Men s badmintonRepresenting DenmarkThomas Cup1964 Tokyo Men s team Contents 1 Career 2 Achievements 2 1 International tournaments 3 ReferencesCareer editWith a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s In 1964 he won men s singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final 1 He played Thomas Cup men s international team competition singles for Denmark in the 60 61 and 63 64 campaigns scoring Denmark s only singles victory in its controversial 64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia 2 He is the younger brother of Poul Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion 3 Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton 4 Achievements editInternational tournaments edit Men s singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result1958 Norwegian International nbsp Winner1959 Dutch Open nbsp Ferry Sonneville 18 13 15 9 nbsp Winner1964 German Open nbsp Erland Kops 7 15 13 15 nbsp Runner up1964 All England nbsp Henning Borch 8 15 17 15 15 4 nbsp Winner1966 Dutch Open nbsp Wolfgang Bochow 18 15 15 9 nbsp Winner1966 German Open nbsp Erland Kops nbsp Runner up1966 Denmark Open nbsp Svend Pri 3 15 9 15 nbsp Runner upMen s doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result1961 Dutch Open nbsp Ole Mertz nbsp Wong B K nbsp Yeoh Kean Hua 18 15 15 9 nbsp Winner1963 Swedish Open nbsp Henning Borch nbsp Winner1965 Swedish Open nbsp Erland Kops nbsp Winner1966 Dutch Open nbsp Elo Hansen nbsp Punch Gunalan nbsp Oon Chong Hau 4 15 4 15 nbsp Runner upMixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result1964 German Open nbsp Kirsten Thorndahl nbsp Finn Kobbero nbsp Bente Flindt 9 15 10 15 nbsp Runner upReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knud Aage Nielsen Herbert Sheele ed The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 Canterbury Kent England J A Jennings Ltd p 164 Herbert Scheele ed The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 Canterbury Kent England J A Jennings Ltd 1967 pp 87 90 Poul Erik Nielsen Badminton Denmark Make badminton great again in Danish Wikidata Q111291001 nbsp This biographical article relating to Danish badminton is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knud Aage Nielsen amp oldid 1210256211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
